Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-06-25
THE DIRECTORY ELECTED.
After . Protrseted Session Spent II
Counting Ballots the Board Of Trade
BEGINS the Work Of Organization and
Adjourns to Next Saturday Night.

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Counting Ballots the Board Of Trad
Begins the Work Of Organization an,
Adjourns to Next Saturday Night.
The meeting held at the Court House te
organize the Butte City Board of Trad,
was called to order BY Hon. w. A. CLARK
yesterday evening 1T $50. A.lafge repro
sentation Of business men was present
The Chair reviewed. the progress Of the
work up to the present time. making q
| clear and concise statement. Mr.. Triton,
chairman of one of the committees, handed
in q report of 81 names. MI. Leeaat. from
| the COMMITTEES to visit mine owners, re.
ported he had visited nearly all the mills
and shelters and large mine owners Of the
camp. Several OF them whom he had seen
were present and others had promised to
become members Of the Board bnt were
unable to be present. He mentioned in do.
tail the gentlemen he had interviewed and
the result in each case. judge Knowles
made
VERBAL REPORT a.
from the committee to visit professional
men and said they had received sixteen
names, Of which he handed in the list
The committee had been unable to find
some members of the professions whom
they expected to secure. Some gentlemen
had stated they did not ses what use they
would be on q Board of Trade, but he had
shown them that their presence was as use
full as that of any others. The number OF
those -h4 hNl nS~nnl Al Ill 80 1880
at lat. Tho Constitution and bylaws
were then re-read by Secretary pro tenn.
Hammer for the benefit, OF those who had
not the privilege of hearing them before.
An invitation was extended to all present
who had not signed to come forward and
sign their names then in order that they
might
PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION
OF officers which was about to
begin and many awaited themselves o
the privilege. The Chairman then declared
the selection Of directors to be in order and
asked for the views Of the assemblage on
the subject. It was some time before those
present settled on q method of procedure
an intermiHable tangle seemed immi-
nent when George Irwin cut the Gordian
knot by moving in stentorian tones that
the association now proceed to nominate
eleven directors. Everybody breathed
freely once more and nominations sue
ceeded each other more rapidly than the
could announce them. The following
were placed in nomination.:
PLACED IN NOMINATIONS:
P. J.. Brophy, W. A. Clark, John Caplice,
NJ. A. Sawtelle, IL R. Maillett, ID. Thomas,
Judge Hiram Knowles, Marcus DAILY, Lee
A. H. Barrett. Enos Carman, Geo.
Haldorn, D. W. Tilton, N. B. Brownlee, D.
]. Hennessy, w. R. Kenyon, Leopold
Schmidt, Henry Williams, - Whiting. j..
Richards, NJ. J. Council, II. l.. Frank, j. R:
g. E. Maulle, E. NJ. Trask, j. H.
Leyson, E. H. Wilson, VIM. H. Young, DR..
p. Hough. The nominations were
Several other gentlemen were
who declined or were ineligible.
The chair appointed ::Messrs. Richards, Irv-
inc, Mantle and Koch as tellers. Agood deal
time was consumed in preparing ballots,
but at last they were collected and placed
the te)lers who announced hat
votes were cast. The counting OF the
ballots cast vas q laborious proceeding
and went along slowly as the Secretary
had to hunt up and down q column of
NEARLY THIRTY NAMES
or every one called out and each ballot
had eleven names on it. The %assemblage
gradually dwindled away as the monoto.
proceedings dragged on, and at last
Lee Mantle rose to his feet and moved the
suspension of the count at the tw~enty-sec-
md ballot and offered a list of eleven
names taken, he said. from those on the
ALLY sheet having already received the
highest number OF votes so far counted &
he proposed that those re-
naming should vote on. The list
vas w., A. Clark, N. B. Brownies,
Knowles, w. r. Kenyon, E. NJ.
Irask, M; A: Sawtell, John Caplice, p. J..
3rophy, J;E Richards, M. ]. Cornell and
u. DAILY. Mr.. Richards opposed the mo- |
ion vehemently, saying that he held in his !
land thirty-eight ballots of gentlemen pres
mt which contained names of many who
HAD NOT YET RECEIVED |
vote, and to whom it would seem q treat |
to take the result of tho tally
beet as it then stood. 1t would DO sure
o provoke dissatisfaction to. q great mum.
'er, and having begun the count it should
'e continued to the end if it took till dav.
ight. The motion was overruled aud the
a~onotonous count went on for a few min
ties when George Irvine asked the atten-
ion OF the chair and moved the suspen-
Of the ballot and that tho eleven
ames who at that stage of the count had
eceived the highest vote be now declared
lected. Mr.. Richards again
THREW HIMSELF INTO THE BREACH
nd came to the rescue OF the threatened
ount with all the ardor of a mother for
er endangered offspring. and reiterated
is previous assertion, that injustice would
e dore those who had gone to the trouble
t selecting eleven good and true men to
erve as directors if they were not put on
scord. The faithful few present were evil
adherents of a straight count.
n a loud no settled the IT.
inc proposition as a clincher.
he count resulted in the election of the
nine gentlemen: W. A. Clark. e.:
!. H. Brophy, Al; Hiram Knowles, Is;
ARGUS DAILY. ~; Lee Mantle. AZ; A. H.
arrett, 80; w. R. Kenyon, 81; j. E. Rick
Al; M. J. Cornell, 81. Another
allot OF those remaining was then held in
hich Messrs. Sawtelle and Trask were
ected completing the ticket. The meeting /,